Despite her preoccupation in war China will participate in the New York World's Fair. For she realizes that as soon as the present hostilities are over, she is going to go after reconstruction with a bang—with all the energy that she is now devoting to fight the war. So she does not want io be left in the lurch, but wants to keep a hand on the pulse of the world's progress as represented in the New York fair.
Because of the war, the appropriation for participation purpose is necessarily limited; but Dr. Wong Wen-hao, Minister of Economic Affairs and Chairman of the China Government Commission on the New York World's Fair, promised that every cent that the Government spends for this purpose will be carefully expended so that the maximum result can be secured.
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